F. Nolan Ball is an apostle to the Body of Christ. In July 1969, he and Shirley,
his wife, came to the church now known as The Rock of Panama City. Up to this present time, the church continues to grow and
extend its ministry--locally and internationally. The ministry is overseen by Apostle Ball, working with a Presbytery of Elders
representing the five-fold ministry. In addition to these responsibilities, Apostle Ball relates to and oversees the
establishing of other men and churches. He is the author of two books: 
Nolan Ball was born in 1929 in Green County, Mississippi.
His father was a sawmill worker. He has one sister, Johnnie Ruth. He attended schools in Avera, Mississippi; Gulf Hammock,
Florida; Bronson, Florida, and Bay Minette, Alabama.
In 1951, he met and married Shirley Navello of London, England. They have three daughters and one son, and five living grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
Nolan served in the U.S. Air Force 1947-51, with the rank of Sergeant. Following his Air Force service, Nolan worked for a financial institution until he entered college in 1954, following his and Shirley's conversion to Christ in 1953.
He graduated from Southeastern College in Lakeland, Florida in 1957, with honors, and from Florida Southern College in 1958, with honors. He is a member of Delta Epsilon Chi.
During the years of 1957-1986, Nolan and Shirley pastored churches of the Assemblies of God in Lakeland, Florida; Angel City, Florida; Talladega, Alabama; Tallahassee, Florida, and Panama City, Florida. He served both as a District Presbyter in the Alabama and West Florida Districts of the Assemblies of God, and as a General Council Presbyter from the West Florida District.
He has worked with national leaders in Peru, South America; Jamaica, West Indies; Kenya, East Africa, and Zaire, West Africa to establish churches.
Since exiting the Assemblies of God, Apostle Ball has continued to serve as the senior minister of The Rock of Panama City, a congregation that he has led and ministered to since 1969. In addition to the regular responsibilities of his office, Apostle Ball is a spiritual father to numerous men who have come to him and submitted themselves to him for the purpose of becoming his spiritual sons. In time each man is raised up and sent out to other cities where with apostolic oversight and financial support, he establishes and builds his own "house." As of May 2005, the number of "sons" sent out is twenty.